topic Re: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery life in Galaxy Watchhttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/451544#M3547
<P>I have the 42mm and I get about 2 days</P>Sat, 26 Jan 2019 00:48:21 GMTuserCePd5LE7Ou2019-01-26T00:48:21ZGalaxy Watch (All Sizes) Poor Battery Lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/381902#M3461
<P>If you got one of the smaller galaxy watches I'd like to hear what kind of battery life you're getting and how heavy of a user you are. Yesterday when I got down to 15% I checked the battery stats in the app and I had only gotten 1 day and 54 minutes. That was with an almost hour long walk playing music and using Samsung health with GPS. I feel like I'm actually getting worse battery life than I did with my gear S2 sport. The 2 biggest drains are Samsung health and Bixby. I changed the setting for the automatic heart rate sensor from every 10 minutes to never. I really only care about that when I'm working out anyway. Just curious what others are getting with the battery.&nbsp;</P>Tue, 09 Jul 2019 20:03:48 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/381902#M3461jrgriffin822019-07-09T20:03:48ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/382413#M3462
<P>Going to second this. I actually got the 46mm version because of the bigger battery, but it's so BIG on my wrist and kinda uncomfortable. I would like to know the battery life as well to see if it would possibly worth the switch to the smaller unit.&nbsp;</P>Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:02:40 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/382413#M3462userWHRcfqfUM62018-08-28T14:02:40ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/382416#M3463
<P>On my 46mm Galaxy watch I'm getting a little less then 4 days.&nbsp;&nbsp; Far from the 7 days Samsung advertises.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:03:37 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/382416#M3463howie4112018-08-28T14:03:37ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/384303#M3464
<P>Is yours LTE? On my LTE 46mm version I'm barely getting 14-15 hours. Thinking it might be defective. At least I hope so and this isn't normal.</P>Fri, 31 Aug 2018 03:14:36 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/384303#M3464tj_ward2018-08-31T03:14:36ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/384448#M3465
<P>42 mm black LTE HORRIBLE battery...I get maybe 10 to 12 hours with basic use...i.e. using it as a watch....if I use it for excercise 30 min or so, I get about 6 hours of battery life. Dealing with Samsung on this issue has been a real pain. I now have to send the watch in for repiars.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>My advice if you are looking at the 42 mm with LTE hold off....there are some real problems with at least some of these models.</P>Fri, 31 Aug 2018 13:57:07 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/384448#M3465usertF5ORCQDGw2018-08-31T13:57:07ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/384497#M3466
<P>Been tracking my battery usage constantly since I picked this watch up on release day. 42mm Black, non-LTE, no AoD, all sensors on factory settings. Really the whole watch is basically at factory settings with a moderate 15 min workout each morning.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am consistently experiencing about 48 hours between charges (49-50 hours if were being exact). This was about what I got with my S3 Frontier, but I used AoD on the S3.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I do sleep with the watch on at night in goodnight mode. I do not use battery saver mode, even when below 15%. Trying to get an accurate battery life under normal use w/o enacting battery saver or tweaking sensors.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So all said and done, I'm satisfied with the battery life being that this is smaller than the S3. Takes about 2 or so hours to charge the watch when I take it down to 2 or 3% battery life.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Hope that helps you guys out</P>Fri, 31 Aug 2018 15:25:12 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/384497#M3466ChazzyJ2018-08-31T15:25:12ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/384763#M3467
<P>I just went for a 45-50 minute walk.&nbsp; The 42mm LTE watch had 83% when I left.&nbsp; It's at 45% after finishing.&nbsp; I had Spotify and Samsung Health running.&nbsp; I used bixby 3 times and made a 1 minute phone call.&nbsp; That's really bad.&nbsp; I would think 10% - 15% loss would be normal.&nbsp; Maybe 20%, but almost 40% battery loss in 45 minutes?&nbsp; I'm really disappointed.&nbsp; I have a week left to return it.&nbsp; I'm been looking forward to this for months.&nbsp; I don't know what to do.</P>Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:45:16 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/384763#M3467userBOsRgd3NjF2018-09-01T00:45:16ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/389460#M3468
<P>I have the 42 mm bluetooth version. I am getting less than 12 hours and that is using it in do not disturb mode all night. Went to bed with it at 70% and after 9 hours it was dead ....in do not disturb for 7 of those 9 hours. I am not happy with the&nbsp;</P>Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:53:27 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/389460#M3468userTCt9JAd2SE2018-09-09T12:53:27ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/389801#M3469
<P><LI-USER uid="12678574"></LI-USER>; Try these tips to reduce battery consumption and let us know if they resolve the issue. Just click on the link below to access the full article.&nbsp;</P>
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<P><A href="http://support-us.samsung.com/cyber/popup/iframe/pop_troubleshooting_fr.jsp?idx=637561&amp;modelname=SM-R810&amp;modelcode=SM-R810NZKAXAR" target="_blank">http://support-us.samsung.com/cyber/popup/iframe/pop_troubleshooting_fr.jsp?idx=637561&amp;modelname=SM-R810&amp;modelcode=SM-R810NZKAXAR</A></P>Sun, 09 Sep 2018 22:02:26 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/389801#M3469SamsungAdam2018-09-09T22:02:26Z46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/390467#M7287
<P>First charge of the watch, I got 5 days use out of it. I haven't done much, added a few watch faces, I have very few notifications set to come to the device. Second charge I got about 3 days out of the device. I'm on my third charge and had to charge it after 2 days with Samsung Health draining a massive portion of the battery. I have manual sync turned on, I don't use the workout features, not sure why the app is crushing my battery right now. I can't find a way to disable it, but I do use the step tracking, even though it kind of stinks, and the sleep tracker and heart rate monitor. I'd like to be able to keep using those. Suggestions? Anyone else getting progressively worse battery life?</P>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 23:28:45 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/390467#M7287XxSemanticsxX2018-09-10T23:28:45ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/390534#M7288
<P><BR />
Battery consumption increases when some apps are used. The watch provides various options that help conserve battery power.</P>
<P>Note: The available features will vary by the watch and software version.</P>
<P>Check for software updates to enhance the watch's performance, improve software features and security protection.<BR />
Activate power saving mode.<BR />
Close unnecessary apps.<BR />
Deactivate the Bluetooth feature when not in use.<BR />
Deactivate the Wi-Fi feature when not in use.<BR />
Decrease the screen brightness.<BR />
Deactivate the watch always on feature.<BR />
When the watch isn't used, switch to sleep mode by covering the screen with your palm.<BR />
Deactivate the voice wake-up feature in watch's supported voice assistance app (Bixby or S Voice).&nbsp;<BR />
Customize the notification settings in the Galaxy Wearable app on the connected phone.<BR />
Do not expose the watch or the battery to very cold or very hot temperatures.</P>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 01:08:12 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/390534#M7288SamsungMod232018-09-11T01:08:12ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/392811#M3470
<P>i recieved a 42mm black on UK release day. the first day after charge was fine. in the last week i have getting 8 hrs max. ive even stopped recording my runs and its still not improved. i got up a 630 am this morning and by time i got to work (730) i had lost 10% battery. its now 1452 in the uk and i am on 19%. all i have done is check a few messages and check the time!!!&nbsp;</P>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:53:33 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/392811#M3470user6P1VGJyTvv2018-09-14T13:53:33ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/393006#M3471
<P>The first day it was more on the charger then on my wrist, and i had very bad response times in weather and news app. I discovered that my huawei was managing and killing the samsung apps on the background.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have excluded the samsung apps to be managed by huawei and since then i get a bit more then 24hr with aod enabled.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I charge it overnight so for me this is sufficient.&nbsp;</P>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 20:44:05 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/393006#M3471userzMca5X1eCE2018-09-14T20:44:05ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/393281#M3472
Samsung stated 4 days on 42mm and seven on 46mm. I have the 42mm, there is no way on this planet that it will last 4 days unless you switch it to watch only mode. Completely exaggerated claims, barely a day and a half with low use. Then you have the cheek to offer TIPS. Unbelievable, extremely disappointedSat, 15 Sep 2018 14:39:21 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/393281#M3472user4XNtOPHCSI2018-09-15T14:39:21ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/393721#M3473
<P>I'm only getting 1 day 55 mins on full charge I'm not using sports app just noteifcations checking stress levels couple of times a day. My watch is going back to Samsung Monday I'm hoping it's faults battery other wise Samsung been telling us lies just to sell phone&nbsp;</P>Sun, 16 Sep 2018 16:18:46 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/393721#M3473useraFKPHGt2O92018-09-16T16:18:46ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/393730#M3474
What's the point of having such an amazing watch if you can't use nearly half the feature because the company lied about the battery capasity not happy at all ..wouldn't mind but never had smart watch before and waited for this to come out feel like waste of money nowSun, 16 Sep 2018 16:34:57 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/393730#M3474useraFKPHGt2O92018-09-16T16:34:57ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/394488#M3475
<P>I have a 46mm LTE, at 8h 12m I was at 8%. That is with wifi off, screen brightness 1, always on - off. No working out or anything. Just did a factory reset, about to return mine and cancel the order for my wifes. This thing can't even last a work day, much less 7 days.&nbsp; At 50% (little over 4 hrs after pulling it off the charger) the app was reporting it was last another 16 hours. This watch is garbage. My 1st gen Huawei watch could last all day with the screen always on.</P>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 04:25:10 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/394488#M3475useredx9wKuyb42018-09-18T04:25:10ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/394597#M3476
<P>Hey guys, we are currently looking into this for you. Can you guys confirm and provide the following:</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Confirm if you have tried the steps listed <A href="http://support-us.samsung.com/cyber/popup/iframe/pop_troubleshooting_fr.jsp?idx=873785&amp;modelname=SM-R800&amp;modelcode=SM-R800NZSAXAR" target="_blank">here</A>&nbsp;: Y/N</P>
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<P>Full model code of Watch:</P>
<P>LTE or Bluetooth: (List Carrier if LTE version)</P>
<P>Place of purchase:</P>
<P>Current software version of the watch:</P>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:48:42 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/394597#M3476SamsungCole2018-09-18T13:48:42ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/394737#M7289
<P>So basically you are telling me to not use the watch or any of its features. That's not tremendously helpful. The watch is stock. I have wifi off. I need bluetooth on. I have wake up gestures on. When Samsung Health is draining the vast majority of the battery I tend to think there might be a problem with how the app is playing with my watch. I get 3 notifications to my watch. Bixby is the most useless thing I've ever seen. It can't do the most rudimentary of things so I don't use that. The battery life has started out strong and has really struggled without me changing any key features but I've been removing features and what is the point of spending around 400 dollars on this If you are telling me to turn every feature off?</P>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:48:26 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/394737#M7289XxSemanticsxX2018-09-18T17:48:26ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/394788#M7290
<P>Not sure why yours is so bad. I'm getting about 2 to 3 days out of mine. I've had it on my wrist since 7:45 (so almost 6 hours) and have gone for a walk for 1.3 miles during lunch (no GPS, just auto detect) and I'm down to 92%. Pretty lightish use. Just looked at text and emails but nothing too heavy... I have 3 days estimated remaining...</P>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 19:06:11 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/394788#M7290usersMOyhHFYCm2018-09-18T19:06:11ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/395000#M3477
<P>Confirm if you have tried the steps listed<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><A href="http://support-us.samsung.com/cyber/popup/iframe/pop_troubleshooting_fr.jsp?idx=873785&amp;modelname=SM-R800&amp;modelcode=SM-R800NZSAXAR" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</A>&nbsp;:<BR />Yes, with the exception of activating power saving mode. If that has to happen to last more than 8 hours, then Samsung needs to get out of the wearable business. Huawei (first model, 4'ish years ago) could easily last all day until I went to bed, and that was with "always on display".&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Full model code of Watch: SM-R805U</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>LTE or Bluetooth:&nbsp;T-Mobile</P><P>Place of purchase: T-Mobile Store in Hawaii</P><P>Current software version of the watch:</P><P>Tizen 4.0.0.0</P><P>R805USQU1ARH1</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I did a full reset yesterday evening, turned off the Auto HR and full charged it. Today after about 3-4 hours of wear I was at 70%. I took it to T-Mobile and swapped it out. So I have yet to full charge this one, but so far doesn't look promising. I did nothing but set it up, adjusted brightness down to 5 (from 7) and wore it. At that point it was 71%, I'm already at 54% in &lt;3 hours. So I'll full charge it tonight and try again tomorrow, if it&nbsp;kills the battery again, I'll take it back and cancel the order for my wifes. I'm thinking the 7 day life is an embellishment with using the power saving feature at this point, or maybe it is from the BT model.</P>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 22:55:27 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/395000#M3477useredx9wKuyb42018-09-18T22:55:27ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/395772#M3478
<P><SPAN>After replacing my watch, full charching it and wearing it all day, it is at 88% after 12hrs and 35m. I have Auto HR at every 10 min, Cell - Auto, Screen 5, GPS off, AOD - off. Once I get a couple days of these results I will start to mess with the settings and see how it performs, such as AOD - on, GPS on. One thing to note is my phone was close enough to maintain the BT connection all day. So I'll try Cell only too at some point.</SPAN></P>Thu, 20 Sep 2018 05:51:02 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/395772#M3478useredx9wKuyb42018-09-20T05:51:02ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/395932#M7291
<P>Hey guys, can you provide the following information:</P>
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<P>Model code of Watch:</P>
<P>Baseband Version:</P>
<P>Bluetooth or Carrier? (If Carrier, please provide the Carrier like Verizon or AT&amp;T)</P>
<P>Model of device Watch is connected to:</P>
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<P>We are currently looking into this and will report back once we have more information. Thanks!</P>Thu, 20 Sep 2018 14:55:32 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/395932#M7291SamsungCole2018-09-20T14:55:32ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/396759#M3479
<P>Update to my last post.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>So I got a replacement and left it full stock only thing I did was decreased the screen brightness from 7 to 5.&nbsp; So test it for 2 full days, still had 51% remaining, but always had the phone close enough to keep it in bluetooth connection. So today I tested and left my phone out of range. Went from 51%-40% in 2 hours. Watched overheated twice within 30 seconds of returning out of airplane mode. So grabbed my phone and got it back in range, battery is holding steady, device is not overheating. So I'm and returning mine today and canceling the order that is already a week past shipment for my wife's. This watch is useless unless you keep it in range of your phone to maintain BT connection. If that is the case, why do I need an extra line and pay for celluar service on a watch that will die during a normal work day and will constantly overheat because it has insufficent cooling to the cellular modem.&nbsp;</SPAN></P>Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:47:29 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/396759#M3479useredx9wKuyb42018-09-21T19:47:29ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/398406#M3480
<BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><LI-USER uid="12"></LI-USER>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /><P>Hey guys, we are currently looking into this for you. Can you guys confirm and provide the following:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Confirm if you have tried the steps listed <A href="http://support-us.samsung.com/cyber/popup/iframe/pop_troubleshooting_fr.jsp?idx=873785&amp;modelname=SM-R800&amp;modelcode=SM-R800NZSAXAR" target="_blank">here</A>&nbsp;: Y/N</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Full model code of Watch:</P><P>LTE or Bluetooth: (List Carrier if LTE version)</P><P>Place of purchase:</P><P>Current software version of the watch:</P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Why ask for the info? There has been no reply. All the Samsung Reps just tell you turn off features like bluetooth, LTE, Wifi etc. Those should be a given to stay on. Especially if a consumer is paying $400 for those selling points. I have a Huawei watch (first version) and I can keep the screen on all day and will still have plenty of juice left when it's time to go to bed. Granted it doesn't have LTE, but when that is used (not even actively) on this watch the battery wont even last a 9 hr workday.</P>Tue, 25 Sep 2018 08:28:03 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/398406#M3480useredx9wKuyb42018-09-25T08:28:03ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/398478#M3481
<P>I'm sorry, all I can say is that we're looking into this. Once we have more information we'll be updating the pages publicly.&nbsp;</P>Tue, 25 Sep 2018 13:15:22 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/398478#M3481SamsungCole2018-09-25T13:15:22ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/398724#M3482
<P>I'm having the same issue. It's fine connected to my phone but LTE mode consumes about 20% per hour even when I'm not doing anything with it other than occasionally looking at the time. I'm returning it today. So disappointed.&nbsp;</P>Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:47:03 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/398724#M3482usertA6bLIWA3M2018-09-25T20:47:03ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/398824#M3483
<P>Here is the info for my watch:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Full model code of Watch: SM-R810</P><P>Bluetooth (not LTE)</P><P>Purchased at Best Buy</P><P>Current software version of watch: R810XXU1BRH3</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I went through the list of steps to try to minimize battery usage and here are my comments:</P><UL><LI>I will not activate Power Saving Mode all day long - what's the point of having a nice smart watch if you can't use a lot of the features because you are in Power Saving Mode all day?</LI><LI>I didn't deactivate Bluetooth because I want it to stay paired with my phone (it's not an LTE watch.)</LI><LI>I do have Wi-Fi turned off since I usually have it connected to my phone.</LI><LI>I have GPS (Location) turned off in System Settings, but on in my Exercise/Cycling app. I hope this means that GPS is only active when I am cycling and turns off when I click Finished.</LI><LI>Screen brightness is at 6.</LI><LI>Watch is NOT in always on mode.</LI><LI>I never setup Bixby, so hopefully it's not running.</LI><LI>I have Do Not Disturb setup for night time, and I manually turn on Good Night Mode when I go to bed.</LI><LI>I wear my watch to bed because part of the point was to track my sleep.</LI><LI>I have switched the Auto HR between Always and Frequent and find that it&nbsp;<EM>seems</EM> that if I want the sleep tracking to work best, I need to leave the Auto HR as Always. If I don't, I get a message in the morning about my sleep:&nbsp;<STRONG>Sleep stages not measured. Your watch couldn't get a consistent heart-rate reading while you slept.&nbsp;</STRONG>It&nbsp;<EM>usually</EM> will still track my sleep in the "old style" of tracking (Motionless, Light, and Restless), but it seems that without Auto HR in Always, I don't get the newer sleep tracking (Awake, REM, Light, and Deep). I have had one night where it didn't track me sleeping AT ALL!</LI></UL><P>I get about 22-26 hours on a full charge, usually depending on whether I cycled that day. When I cycle, I have my phone mounted on my handlebars and my watch on my wrist, so it should have no problem connecting to Bluetooth during the workout. But it also has GPS on, so I know that puts some extra drain on it. However, the most I have ridden with this watch is 45 minutes. I would how that it could last even longer than that.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I hope you (Samsung) get this (and other issues) resolved! I have a week or so more before my deadline to return the watch, and my satisfaction is so low right now (especially for the money I paid!) that I will be returning it.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><LI-USER uid="12"></LI-USER>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /><P>Hey guys, we are currently looking into this for you. Can you guys confirm and provide the following:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Confirm if you have tried the steps listed <A href="http://support-us.samsung.com/cyber/popup/iframe/pop_troubleshooting_fr.jsp?idx=873785&amp;modelname=SM-R800&amp;modelcode=SM-R800NZSAXAR" target="_blank">here</A>&nbsp;: Y/N</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Full model code of Watch:</P><P>LTE or Bluetooth: (List Carrier if LTE version)</P><P>Place of purchase:</P><P>Current software version of the watch:</P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>&nbsp;</P>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 01:10:15 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/398824#M3483desertrambler2018-09-26T01:10:15ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/399915#M3484
<P>I just got the 42mm yesterday.&nbsp; I put it on last night, and this evening by 5:00 I was getting the low battery message.&nbsp; It was down to 15%.</P>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 02:39:02 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/399915#M3484useraFVrQrpDVb2018-09-28T02:39:02ZGalaxy watch battery drains fast, especially when sleepinghttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/400003#M3485
<P>I've had my 46mm watch for almost a month now. At first the battery was fantastic only using about 20% in a 24 hr period. Now the battery is draining extreemly fast, especially over night when sleep tracking.&nbsp;</P><P>Anybody else notice better degradation like this?</P><P>How do I get my normal battery life back?</P>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:24:27 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/400003#M3485userAKMh4o1P6v2018-09-28T11:24:27ZRe: Galaxy watch battery drains fast, especially when sleepinghttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/400166#M3486
<P>I am getting 4 days battery life on 42 mm blutooth version:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>1. All factory default setting.</P><P>2. Using analog watch face that has mostly black (some included, some downloaded). Brightness 5.</P><P>3. AoD off.</P><P>4. Normal usage, sometimes reading news, emails, notifications. About&nbsp;3 hours per day.</P><P>5. SHealth walking tracking on, rowing, bicycle, elliptical off.</P><P>6. Paired with note 4 phone.</P><P>7. Do not wear at night, no sleep tracking.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Battery usage is 25% in 24 hours. I tried it for 3 days, rached exact 75% used after 3 days. To me this is acceptable. If you use more, battery will drain faster (same as laptop).</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Also my rose gold with light tan leather strap is head turner. I got so many compliments on unique and classy looks of the watch. I was quite afraid buying 42mm watch due to forums, now I am a happy camper! Hope it helps someone.</P>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 19:30:07 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/400166#M3486usertZDyd4aH8W2018-09-28T19:30:07ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/400340#M3487
<P>Yes.</P><P>Full model code of Watch: SM-R810</P><P>Bluetooth (not LTE)</P><P>Purchased at Best Buy</P><P>Current software version of watch: R810XXU1BRH3</P><P>During the day, since I work at a place with no cell reception, I keep the watch in airplane mode (8am-6pm). I keep screen brightness at 3, vibration in short, HR always on. Automatic detectoin for running/walking only.</P><P>Dissabled Bixby.</P><P>No stress monitoring.</P><P>Screen time off 15s (AOD off).</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I wear it at night for sleep tracking (set airplane mode and night mode overnight)</P><P>I consider these settings almost defeating the purpose of using it as a smart watch.</P><P>The battery life estimation indicates 1day 23 h which would be acceptable if true. To get more than this I would have to turn on power saving mode.</P><P>I was able to get 1 day 12h once after 2 factory resets and using the settings described above.</P><P>Today having airplane mode all day, I lost 50% battery in 9h of usage with less features than a fitbit charge 2!</P><P>My usage is consistantly low (no calls, music or gps during the week) and very conservative. Battery drainage is very inconsistent. Sometimes if I restart it, the battery will begin to drain slower, sometimes it does the opposite (used to turn it off while I commute to charge it).</P><P>All I can recommend is do not trust the watch stating 100% charge but wait until the charger light turns green (5-10 minutes latter) so the battery would last a little longer. I hope Samsung solves this battery issue soon...I am seriously considering going back to Fitbit since I am being forced to shut all the nice features off to get just a day of (no)ussage...</P><P>&nbsp;</P>Sat, 29 Sep 2018 02:33:09 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/400340#M3487userPF5RdudY1d2018-09-29T02:33:09ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/401634#M3488
<P>I have not enjoyed the watch the whole time I have had it. Sent it in for repair and they replaced the motherboard. That did not do the trick. I still have a battery life that continues to drain all day. I have been told I need to send the watch back in for repair. So it goes again. I have done everything to keep the battery from dying, such as black screen, hardly any notifications, power saving mode around midday. Just a very sad issue with the new Samsung Watch. I hope they can rectify this problem soon.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>Tue, 02 Oct 2018 12:02:09 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/401634#M3488Gigilee2018-10-02T12:02:09ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/402466#M3489
<P>I'm a Gear s3 owner for like 2 years and just got curious about the new watch. I've been suffering about the battery drain. It's very sad to see that new watch was born with the same issue. Samsung&nbsp;haven't fix gear s3 battery issue yet. So I recommend you to lower your expectations. Good luck.</P>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 22:40:05 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/402466#M3489Efe2018-10-03T22:40:05ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/403177#M3490
<P>My brand new 42 MM Bluetooth&nbsp; only lasted 5 hours first use.</P>Fri, 05 Oct 2018 16:12:40 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/403177#M3490useri9rZyLg0Iv2018-10-05T16:12:40ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/403180#M3491
<P>Seriously advertising an upgrade from my old model in terms of battery life then telling me to turn off the features you advertised and thre reason I got the watch to begin with.&nbsp; My S2 was LTE and ahd better battery ife.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>This needs a fix asap. over $300 for this device, you should not sell vaporware.</P>Fri, 05 Oct 2018 16:22:58 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/403180#M3491useri9rZyLg0Iv2018-10-05T16:22:58ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/403199#M3492
<P>My 46mm watch (BT version) lasts more than 6 days. That's with heartrate monitoring always turned on, and I exercise 5 days/week using the watch.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>At first it was only 2 days, but then I started to kill all the apps in background whenever I remember, and it made a huge difference. Everytime you use the Home or Back button to exit an app, it's just put in background and still running. Especially apps like Spotify drain a lot battery while not used in background.</P>Fri, 05 Oct 2018 17:38:35 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/403199#M3492Zeix2018-10-05T17:38:35ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/403242#M3493
<P>I have found that if you turn off Location services (GPS) in the main Settings menu and only have it turned on for the Exercise tracking you are doing, that it definitely helps the battery life.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>But, I have found that HR in Always On also does and while I was able to get about 36 hours battery with it on, I don't get close to 3 days. I have the 42mm, which has a smaller battery so I know I won't get the 5-6 days that the larger watch advertises.</P><P>&nbsp;</P>Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:36:01 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/403242#M3493desertrambler2018-10-05T19:36:01ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/404110#M3494
<P>I bought my 42mm rose gold watch on 8/29.&nbsp; Returned it to t mobile 4 days later because I couldn't keep a charge for more than 6hrs. Tmobile didn't have any in stock so I returned mine to Samsung for repairs.&nbsp; They kept it for 3 weeks,&nbsp; telling me they were waiting for spare parts (mother board) to fix the battery.&nbsp; I finally spoke with someone who told me the watch had been repaired,&nbsp; by a software update,&nbsp; and was waiting on t mobile to initialize the service.&nbsp; Called back and heard that tmobile was telling Samsung I need a digital plan,&nbsp; not a wearable plan,&nbsp; for the phone service to work.&nbsp;</P><P>Got the watch back two days ago (10/3).&nbsp; After a full charge,&nbsp; I watched the battery empty from 100% to 25% in three hours.&nbsp; &nbsp;Also found the acceleronometer doesn't work.&nbsp; Took it back to tmobile only to be told that the 30 day warranty period had expired so now I am stuck with an expensive brick. Oh BTW, tmobile doesn't need a digital plan on this watch for the cell service to work&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Angry doesn't even . . .</P>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 03:50:30 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/404110#M3494Lesley622018-10-08T03:50:30ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/405165#M3495
<P>I am lucky if we get one day!! Searched for help, not much luck</P>Wed, 10 Oct 2018 16:42:13 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/405165#M3495userkJ7aTSon7n2018-10-10T16:42:13ZGalaxy watch battery drains too fasthttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/405844#M3496
<P>I just got my new Galxay watch and the battery life is one day. That's all I get out of it, charged it over night on Tuesday put it on on Wednesday morning about 5am battery fully charged at %100, now its Thursday 5pm battery at %20. &nbsp;At a point the watch will turn itself into power saving mode. &nbsp;I only have the defaults set on the watch I have even turn off some of them email notifications the watch will not come automatically when I get anything is turned off. &nbsp;This has been on going, I tweak the the defaults just to save o. The battery and still one. &nbsp;My husband has the 46mm watch got them the same day and he gets 3 day or more out of his battery.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Help please</P>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 21:16:08 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/405844#M3496userALxJpjVepK2018-10-11T21:16:08ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406080#M7292
<P>I have had the same issue too, almost exactly the same as yours.</P><P>i have contacted Samsung UK who have advised me to send it back, it’s being picked up Monday.</P><P>They said it’s a battery issue as it should last a lot longer, probably a fault from manufacture.</P><P>They are going to replace the battery and re-flash the firmware.</P><P>I suggest you do the same, it’s clearly an issue which was present in the S3 prior to this watch which they still haven’t got on top of.&nbsp;</P>Fri, 12 Oct 2018 06:13:17 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406080#M7292userByAfSmbU302018-10-12T06:13:17ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406584#M3497
<P>So far I get less than two days. I use it to chart heart rate so it's always on. Pretty bad on an otherwise great watch&nbsp; And sleep tracking never shows deep sleep. That needs fixed.&nbsp; I cam from an ionic which did all of these with about four days life. But the Ionic had sync issues, would not work with notifications and had a small list of supported phones&nbsp; Galaxy much better in every way except battery life and some random heart rate blips (occasionally it goes wacky and reads way high... I check it with BP cup when it does). It is still only a couple days though and I may be playing a little more than normal but not much. I haven't gotten a phone call since getting it&nbsp; I see others have exchanged. If it stays this low I may go back to best buy and do the same.if it always on heart rate then it ridiculous because that doesn't affect other devices.&nbsp; Then it will be a return&nbsp; A shame as I love everything but I can't be charging it every other day if I need it for heart tracking and sleep&nbsp; Why won't deep sleep show? Someone said it needs to be heart rate every five minutes for deep sleep to show&nbsp; That needs fixed if it's the case. No other device does that&nbsp; I am going to try a different face&nbsp; It's possible my watch face is drawing some.&nbsp;</P>Sat, 13 Oct 2018 10:57:58 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406584#M3497useroedTazUfE82018-10-13T10:57:58ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406585#M3498
And my model is SM800. Why us everyone else's an 810 when I just got this.Sat, 13 Oct 2018 11:03:20 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406585#M3498useroedTazUfE82018-10-13T11:03:20ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406587#M3499
SM R800<BR />Best Buy (internet)<BR />46mm<BR />Bluetooth<BR />Tizen 4.0.0.0<BR /><BR />Also heart rate reads odd at times. Can't use leather bands as they don't seem to keep watch flush enough to read hr properly.Sat, 13 Oct 2018 11:13:24 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406587#M3499useroedTazUfE82018-10-13T11:13:24ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406963#M7293
<P>I have a same problem really disappointed with this watch It’s&nbsp;unfinished product battery is two days nothing improved from gear s3 nothing. Shame to you Samsung I give you chance but you only took my money&nbsp;</P>Sun, 14 Oct 2018 15:02:52 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406963#M7293userOSvErDqXcx2018-10-14T15:02:52ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406965#M7294
<P>With this answer you&nbsp;actually tell us we are idiots shame on you this watch is fake it’s for garbage you layer&nbsp;</P>Sun, 14 Oct 2018 15:04:41 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406965#M7294userOSvErDqXcx2018-10-14T15:04:41ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406966#M7295
This Samsung with these answer tell that we are idiots this watch is for garbage battery fake fake specificationsSun, 14 Oct 2018 15:06:25 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406966#M7295userOSvErDqXcx2018-10-14T15:06:25ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406968#M7296
Hey man how can you sell this watch to anyone. Many people I read on internet have same problems with this watch that’s not fair that’s a shame. I want return this watch what can you say?Sun, 14 Oct 2018 15:08:41 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/406968#M7296userOSvErDqXcx2018-10-14T15:08:41ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/409704#M7297
<P>My battery stays at close to a full charge for weeks if I keep the watch powered off... i think Samsung's next suggestion will be to power off until you want to use the watch, then power off again.....</P>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:54:01 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/409704#M7297user6vVeF3kcSJ2018-10-18T17:54:01ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410015#M3500
<P><SPAN>SM R800</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Best Buy</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>42mm</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Bluetooth</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>I get about 2 days which seems the norm for this watch. I have the HR set at Frequently, GPS is on, Default Watch Face, Timeout at 15 Seconds and I wear it for sleep monitoring. I switch off the Wake function on the watch when I go to bed and turn it back on in the morning. That seems to help as well. I also close apps in the background whenever I remember to do so. I tend to charge it whenever I take a shower so it's always good to go.&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 03:36:11 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410015#M3500ibmrme2018-10-19T03:36:11ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410157#M3501
<P>Hi. Can you tell me how to close the apps in the background on the watch? Thank you!</P>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:52:30 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410157#M3501efrye2018-10-19T11:52:30ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410294#M3502
<P>To close the apps, swipe to the left to see the application menu, it's the menu with all the applications in a circle. The very first selection should be two circles within eachother. That is your recent apps. Click on that and you should see an X&nbsp;to exit out the recent open app.&nbsp;</P>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:41:53 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410294#M3502ibmrme2018-10-19T16:41:53ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410319#M7298
<P>With the release of Tizen 4.0.0.1 my Galaxy 46mm watch uses ~1% of battery per hour. Most importantly, the battery power management is consistent. I don't see a large battery drain with app use compared to before the update was introduced.</P>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:22:12 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410319#M7298userkN3gX3WZgT2018-10-19T17:22:12ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410489#M3504
<P>I was getting around 3-3.5 days intimidating the recent update. Now I'm getting 1.5-2, and it's really frustrating because I upgraded from the gear s3, which I was getting around 2-2.5 days with.</P>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 23:08:04 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410489#M3504userp9jKkrS6br2018-10-19T23:08:04ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410512#M3505
<P>Thats weird, did you change any settings since the update? Did you try reseting the watch again so the update is installed through the reset rather than the download?&nbsp;</P>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:52:32 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410512#M3505ibmrme2018-10-20T00:52:32ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410641#M7299
<P>Before the 4.0.0.1 update I was getting about three days of battery life from my watch.&nbsp; Since the OS update I get less than a day.&nbsp; I have almost everything turned off.&nbsp; It appears that Samsung health is using most of my battery.&nbsp; I am only using steps, heart rate monitor, and sleep monitor.&nbsp; I like this watch but this is battery life is terrible. &nbsp;&nbsp;</P>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:05:42 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410641#M7299EHatton2018-10-20T12:05:42ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410682#M7300
<P>the watch battery is not the issue the galaxy wearable app is causing this issue.. I went and upgraded from the Gear s3 frontier thinking that the battery went bad and the watch was barely getting me through the day. went and bought the galaxy watch 46mm and the same thing happened barely a day and half .. nearly took the watch back. but decided to install the app on my iphone and bang 5 days of use.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Samsung please stop distroying your products with crapy apps like the galaxy wearable app, because i still want to use my watch with my S9+. but for now I'll have to stick with the iphone for the watch <img id="smileysad" class="emoticon emoticon-smileysad" src="https://us.community.samsung.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-sad.png" alt="Smiley Sad" title="Smiley Sad" />&nbsp;</P>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 14:20:33 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/410682#M7300userbYpTtOq3Bg2018-10-20T14:20:33ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/411944#M3506
<P>I just got the 42mm rose gold. I dont use it much except message and phone notifications and I get less than a day from it. Returning it and heartbroken.</P>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:23:00 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/411944#M3506userKf7wsU3NW22018-10-23T15:23:00ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/412256#M7301
<P>Turn off auto update then format your watch and restart .Do not update load your apps .after doing this I am now getting 3 to 4 days instead of 6 hours</P>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 06:24:26 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/412256#M7301userOSwgDW20Ez2018-10-24T06:24:26ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/412737#M7302
<P>Going to try that now. After the last update my battery is draining extremely fast. Less than a day before it needs a charge.</P>Thu, 25 Oct 2018 11:24:02 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/412737#M7302DalBoy2018-10-25T11:24:02ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/413195#M3507
<P>I am only getting 12 hrs a day on my 42mm watch. Very disappointing do not use many apps or calls etc but battery sure does use a lot...</P>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 10:28:19 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/413195#M3507userUqwiEurk722018-10-26T10:28:19ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/413296#M3508
<P>On my first day i had the same but after 2 recharge cycles it's now exactly what I expect (24+ hours with continous HR monitoring)</P>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:12:18 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/413296#M3508userJmqUnldl4e2018-10-26T15:12:18ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/413731#M3509
<P>I bought my Galaxy watch yesterday. Charged it to 100%, got 15 hours and down to 15%, instructions on line say to basically disable all features&nbsp; and enable power saving. Of course many features and apps wont run under power saving. This had better improve, fast&nbsp;</P><BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><LI-USER uid="346"></LI-USER>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /><P>If you got one of the smaller galaxy watches I'd like to hear what kind of battery life you're getting and how heavy of a user you are. Yesterday when I got down to 15% I checked the battery stats in the app and I had only gotten 1 day and 54 minutes. That was with an almost hour long walk playing music and using Samsung health with GPS. I feel like I'm actually getting worse battery life than I did with my gear S2 sport. The 2 biggest drains are Samsung health and Bixby. I changed the setting for the automatic heart rate sensor from every 10 minutes to never. I really only care about that when I'm working out anyway. Just curious what others are getting with the battery.&nbsp;</P></BLOCKQUOTE>Sat, 27 Oct 2018 19:53:05 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/413731#M3509SPeszel2018-10-27T19:53:05ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/413942#M3510
<P>I just got this watch yesterday and I’m bout ready to pull my hair out. I did figure everything out by myself I could not call or get Sampson support anywhere. But I found this place. I remember reading that this battery life for the last three days seriously?? &nbsp;It was at 100% at 2 AM this morning. Now it’s 723. I’m at 37%. And I have been playing on it a little bit but really??</P>Sun, 28 Oct 2018 14:24:20 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/413942#M3510sweetpoison2018-10-28T14:24:20ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/415186#M3511
<P>I'm getting about 15 hours on my brand new Galaxy Watch. It can drop 45% overnight&nbsp; no, I am not going to turn off all the features, what is the point. A couple more days and it goes back if no improvement. I WANT it to monitor my sleep BP and heart rate. Useless if I have to take it off and charge when I go to bed or get up. Not happy</P>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:26:39 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/415186#M3511SPeszel2018-10-31T14:26:39ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/416063#M3512
<P>Every hour -/-15%. In this case no workingday allowed without charging. Terrible!</P>Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:37:25 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/416063#M3512userknhfLgqI912018-11-02T14:37:25ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/416653#M7303
<P>Struggling to get two days out of my watch so very disappointing considering all the hype regarding great battery life. There's no point in switching everything off to save battery life as this makes the watch useless. May as well keep it switched off. I think my next step is to go back to Samsung to get it looked at. I was originally told the battery would last a week by a Samsung representative, so what's happened? Other than that nice watch.&nbsp;</P>Sun, 04 Nov 2018 11:12:58 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/416653#M7303user5vduhM1ZWG2018-11-04T11:12:58ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/417303#M7304
<P>&nbsp;I purchased the LTE version of this watch.</P><P>A week later I returned the watch as I was barely getting 1.5 days out of the unit.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The Apple watch doesn't do well either as far as battery life but Samsung advertised at least 3-4 days on the standard watch AFAIK.</P>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 01:19:48 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/417303#M7304useriLSkr8SnFC2018-11-06T01:19:48ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/418298#M3513
<P>I have the 42 mm midnight black version for about two weeks. I typically have no AOD, permanent heart rate measurement , luminosity 7, bluetooth on, wifi off&nbsp; nfc on and GPS off. I look at notifications frequently and take a couple of short calls on thevwatch.</P><P>With one hour at the gym I typically end the day with 60% left on my watch. I loose about 6% charge if I track my sleep with heart rate on. So yes the watch works more or less as advertised. I can easily get 2 to 2.5 days using as above . The real issue for me is that the step counter is way off typically 20% below the reliable and tested fitbit. Heart rate monitor often looses track at the gym. Overall great for notifications but flawed as a sports tracking device. Badly needa improved health tracking hopefully with a software update. Also Samsung health is a terrible app for tracking. For gym goers this is simply not an option . The app is that bad.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 09:30:49 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/418298#M3513userqAwFiCITWk2018-11-08T09:30:49ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/420853#M7305
<P>I have to agree since update I am losing 20% when I go to sleep and goodnight mode is on ..... samsung what are u playing at.</P>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 06:55:05 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/420853#M7305userhhfNnpdova2018-11-14T06:55:05ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/421389#M3514
<P>I got my 42mm rose gold 1 week ago.</P><P>First time i wore it - it over heated after 2hrs and battery went from 100% to 30%.</P><P>At present i have almost everything turned off and best i have managed is approx 16hrs!&nbsp;</P><P>I havent bothered tracking my sleep because i have to charge the watch every night!</P><P>I'm very disappointed - this expensive watch was to replace a cheap $35 watch that was great- i thought I'd treat myself to a "real one".</P>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 10:34:20 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/421389#M3514usercIgJnJKLs42018-11-15T10:34:20ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/422377#M7306
<P>&nbsp;</P><P>Hello &nbsp;</P><P>I bought my galaxy watch 46 BT in September&nbsp;</P><P>Battery life was great easy 4-5 days of light usage always connected to my I phone via Bluetooth I was very happy with it</P><P>Now I updated software to&nbsp;</P><P>newest (R800OXA1BRJ4) one since the update I get max 1.5 day of battery life (shocking!!!!) it’s only two months old!!!!</P><P>I even turned most options off&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;I reset watch many times restore twice to factory settings and no improvement at all</P><P>I charge my watch to 100% before sleeping around midnight&nbsp;</P><P>watch drains the battery just over the night sleep of 5h more than 40% and suddenly died in the evening with most things turned off&nbsp;</P><P>It is just unbelievable&nbsp;</P><P>what is wrong with Samsung?</P><P>can it be solved?</P><P>any suggestions or ideas what happen to the watch</P><P>It will be possible to request refund or exchange?</P><P>Regards</P>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 10:41:55 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/422377#M7306user8L2AKvFH2Z2018-11-16T10:41:55ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/422549#M7307
<P>I'm also having major battery drain.&nbsp; when I first got the watch I was getting over 2 days of battery life, less than 2 weeks later, I'm down to under a day, add that to the fact that I use the watch to track my sleep (I have sleep apnea) and therefore I have to charge it during the day.&nbsp; it takes forever to charge!&nbsp; I only added two apps and have since deleted them, I removed the picture sync and the music sync and still the battery just drains....</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>any help would be appreciated.</P>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:35:10 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/422549#M7307Glainer2018-11-16T17:35:10ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/423031#M3515
<P>Same here! I was expecting to go days without having to charge my watch; day 2 I get a low battery notification in the middle of my work day! I keep having to switch it to battery saving mode just so it doesn't die on me before I get home!&nbsp; So disappointed!</P>Sat, 17 Nov 2018 16:19:13 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/423031#M3515user3Mejar3vqx2018-11-17T16:19:13ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/423365#M7308
<P>Time to go class action people. Same boat. Terrible battery life unless you turn everything off and just use it as a... watch. I already have a watch with a battery life of 5 years.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Dissappointing.</P>Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:27:33 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/423365#M7308userf1KU6foYkt2018-11-18T10:27:33ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/424507#M7309
<P>Very bas battery life after 2 weeks and update...from 4 to 5 days now getting 1 to 1.5 days.....please fix this issue Samsung!!!</P>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 19:19:44 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/424507#M7309user5AAyrukp1N2018-11-20T19:19:44ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/424742#M3516
<P>Same again here. I've been using my 42mm Galaxy watch for a couple of weeks now. I managed to improve the battery life from half a day by turning off the heart rate check, wifi and GPS, but not to more than 15 or 16 hours. How long I get also seems to depend a lot on the watch face I pick. If the face I use has a good dim mode I might get to bedtime without charging. Even more alarming is that my watch has started to heat up this afternoon. It was warm when I took it off the charger this morning, which I didn't stop to think about, but this afternoon, it's warming up while on, and there are no apps running besides the bluetooth and the watchface.&nbsp;<img id="smileysad" class="emoticon emoticon-smileysad" src="https://us.community.samsung.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-sad.png" alt="Smiley Sad" title="Smiley Sad" /></P>Wed, 21 Nov 2018 06:47:26 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/424742#M3516fthurn2018-11-21T06:47:26ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/424764#M3517
<P>Same sad story here... Pre-ordered the watch (38mm one) and for the first weeks was very happy with it. Got a solid 3 days battery life. The last couple of days this changed. While before during a night I lose about 5-10% battery, now I lose 25%. Probably can't get through the day anymore.</P><P>Things SEEM to have gone south after I got nagged by a Samsung message in the style of "Do you want to activate full experience, Samsung will then try to configure your watch more to your liking" I don't remember the exact phrasing but soon after that, bye-bye battery life. (of course it could be one of the systems updates as well)</P><P>I bought the Galaxy Watch on the promise of a better battery life than the Android Wear watches (never was interested in an Apple Watch where battery life REALLY stinks...)</P><P>So, I hope Samsung gets their stuff together and fixes this asap!!</P>Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:59:39 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/424764#M3517useryb4YiFXiRB2018-11-21T16:59:39ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/425159#M3518
<P>Samsung CLaims are a joke.&nbsp;<BR />I got my 42mm watch 2 days back.&nbsp;<BR />First thing I did was charge it to 100%.<BR />All factory settings. Heat rate is measured every 10 min.&nbsp;<BR />I am luck if the watch lasts even 12 hours.&nbsp;<BR /><BR />Do not buy this.<BR />Samsung need to release a new bat with higher MAH and replace all the batries.&nbsp;<BR />This is beyond absurd. I dont see how they can make claims like it lasts for days.&nbsp;<BR />I made no phone calls. Used no apps.&nbsp;<BR />Im willing to turn off everything just to get it to last a day.&nbsp;<BR /><BR /></P>Thu, 22 Nov 2018 06:04:34 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/425159#M3518userARx0s0TnGk2018-11-22T06:04:34ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/425198#M7310
<P>I have the exact same issue. Initially when I bought it in September, the battery was lastying 4 days and still having 15% left. Nowadays, despite even turning of the HR, my battery lasts 2 full days and that's it. Extremely frustrating...</P>Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:27:18 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/425198#M7310user6jcTzrO1Sa2018-11-22T10:27:18ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/425440#M3519
<P>I have the 46m with Wifi, NFC and Bluetooth turned off and barely getting 2 days worth of battery.</P><P>I previously had the Gear 3 Frontier and regularly got 3-4 days of battery lige with Bluettoth on.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Seriously not impressed with the battery life and now playng with settings to try and prolong its life to anywhere near the 4-7 days promised!!!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Shoddy</P>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 07:29:32 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/425440#M3519userMvUqhmfPOU2018-11-23T07:29:32ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/427335#M7311
<P>So this might be a one off thing.&nbsp; Sunday night charged my 46mm watch to 100% picked it up at 7am,&nbsp; got home from work around 8pm and it was at 11%, weird....maybe it didnt charge right put it on the charger, took it off at 10 or 11 for a 80% charge woke up at 7am and the battery was dead.....</P>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:53:41 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/427335#M7311user7MhogTeNDk2018-11-27T12:53:41ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/427453#M7312
<P>Yeah so Im a retailer and I've had 3 customers returning their watches saying they got maybe 4 hours of life outta them. I think your last update killed em cause my 46mm was at 90%,i went to sleep for 8 hours and it died. Not exactly happy and would like a solution or update&nbsp;</P>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 16:23:12 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/427453#M7312userAOwAuobP532018-11-27T16:23:12ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/427679#M7313
<P>I just got this watch about 5 days ago and the battery holds maybe a day. I charged it to 100% last night and by 1pm today it said it needed to go into such a low power mode that only the watch would show. I hope to not take it back but this is a waste of money currently&nbsp;</P>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 22:05:39 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/427679#M7313user29uouTfJh42018-11-27T22:05:39ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/427802#M3520
<P>&nbsp;I just received my wifi only 42mm edition on Saturday, and my battery life has been horrible. My brightness is at 1, wifi is off, nfc os off, I'm using a black watch face, always on is off, really the only draining feature I have on is constant HR because I want to use it for sleep tracking.&nbsp; But I took it off the charger at 100% at 10:30am after a day of use and a 45 minute workout (its now 20:46) I'm at less than 50%. There's no way this is correct because by the time I go to bed it will be at maybe 10. So something is clearly wrong.&nbsp; Samsung do you have any advice on fixing this issue because this is a fairly poor experience for a device advertised to last 4 days (I know user experience will vary but not this much).</P>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 01:48:30 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/427802#M3520user3uU05KNSXY2018-11-28T01:48:30ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/427871#M7314
<P>Hi Guys. I also have the 46mm and I have been having the same problem. Its after the update that you get battery problems. I have managed to resolve this issue by reseting the device to stock. Immediately when it powers back on after the reset,pair it with the Galaxy wearable then once all is done go to heart rate monitor and choose the Never monitor option. So it wont measure your heart rate unless you tap on measure. Try and tell me if that doesnt help.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>But with that said Samsung does need to resolve this issue cause now it defeats the whole purpose of the watch. We need an Update soon. We paid alot of money for these watches.</P>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 05:37:00 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/427871#M7314usera7H5hwdRsV2018-11-28T05:37:00ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/428316#M3521
<P>I have the 42 mm LTE version as well, when I use it with bluetooth only, I will get two days but as soon as I activate the LTE network I only get about 4 hours before it is completely dead. There is something definitely wrong.</P>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:14:00 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/428316#M3521user6nEMYXVeJ22018-11-29T00:14:00ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/428427#M3522
<P>I have a 42mm watch and I use it just to receive calls, text, and notifications. I might get 2 calls a day a few texts and 20 notifications. It lasts me around a day. Is this normal? I am thinking about returning it and getting something else. I saved up and purchased it with excitement. But I'm disappointed now.</P>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 05:14:52 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/428427#M3522Pollycoco2018-11-29T05:14:52ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/428458#M7315
<P>I had no problems with battery life until I did two things</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>1. wore the watch for sleep tracking but did not enable Goodnight Mode</P><P>2. Changed the watch face to 'Frontier'</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Looking at the battery use stats on my phone's Galaxy Wearables app it shows battery use from the watch face at 25%.&nbsp; All teh other apps are at around 6-8%.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Samsung seems to be very quiet on this issue. When was the last operating system update?</P>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 08:23:43 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/428458#M7315MajorMajor2018-11-29T08:23:43ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/429751#M7316
<P>Just bought the watch today, carrier is AT&amp;T... I work in wireless, so i'm familiar with turning a lot of the flashy features that are cool off because of the battery drain.&nbsp; I've literally had to charge my watch TWICE in a single day because it's just bleeding battery power.&nbsp; I don't really understand why either, but getting 8 hours maximum out of this watch on a full charge and having it for only a day is incredibly disappointing.&nbsp; I was looking forward to having this watch.... looks great, with cool features.&nbsp; But if it can't hold a charge at all, there's zero point in having it.&nbsp; Unless I can figure out a way to extend the battery life without making my watch completely useless, i'm returning it.&nbsp; Such a shame.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>Sun, 02 Dec 2018 12:36:50 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/429751#M7316userNSC3hsVSwP2018-12-02T12:36:50ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/430128#M7317
<P>I have the same problem, s health drains so many battery yesterday night.</P><P>Before it, it took 5% when I sleep with sleep mode.</P><P>But the same condition yesterday it took almost 35%.</P><P>And it shows s health cost the most.</P>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 05:29:10 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/430128#M7317usero7kdexTlj82018-12-03T05:29:10ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/430185#M7318
<P>Categorically the update, no question. I have re-set as factory and not updated and get five days. The app on the phone demanded an update, and back to one day battery life. Re-set factory again without update, and back to five days. Ridiculous and need sorting. Cannot use Galaxy Wearable phone app in th emeantime, contstant demand to update, and takes you back to the drain problem.</P>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:23:52 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/430185#M7318userhOozFAco5b2018-12-03T12:23:52ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/430290#M3523
<P>Your watch must be the sibling to mine.&nbsp; I listened to music for 45 minutes and literally watched the battery decrease from 97% (it was on DND prior for obvious reasons) to 26%.</P>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 16:28:59 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/430290#M3523PrissyGRITS2018-12-03T16:28:59ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/430774#M7319
<P>Yes getting just 2days +2 hrs from full 100% charge.im using watch on feature but very little else.</P><BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><LI-USER uid="1778635"></LI-USER>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /><P>First charge of the watch, I got 5 days use out of it. I haven't done much, added a few watch faces, I have very few notifications set to come to the device. Second charge I got about 3 days out of the device. I'm on my third charge and had to charge it after 2 days with Samsung Health draining a massive portion of the battery. I have manual sync turned on, I don't use the workout features, not sure why the app is crushing my battery right now. I can't find a way to disable it, but I do use the step tracking, even though it kind of stinks, and the sleep tracker and heart rate monitor. I'd like to be able to keep using those. Suggestions? Anyone else getting progressively worse battery life?</P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>&nbsp;</P>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:39:16 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/430774#M7319userV05jVH7bAi2018-12-04T13:39:16ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/431973#M7320
<P>Want to add another person experiencing significant battery drain.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Battery usage screen on app states S.Health being the biggest drain and while that is a percentage of the total load it is likely the culprit as it was the update that was pushed to my watch that signaled the change in battery life.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I went from 5 days on single charge to 1.5 days with no change in apps, or usage pattern.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I'll wait a few days for update else I'll just return this as in it's current state is impractical.</P>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 18:26:31 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/431973#M7320userghh9Cj1jPs2018-12-06T18:26:31ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/431979#M7321
<P>I even went as far as disablilng all excercise detection and notification.&nbsp; Still massive battery drain (by comparison to pre-update)</P>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 18:39:52 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/431979#M7321userghh9Cj1jPs2018-12-06T18:39:52ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/432062#M7322
<P>Having the battery drain issue as well. Charged watch overnight to 100%. By mid day I was down to 50% battery life without having done anything significant on my watch other than check some email.&nbsp;</P>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 21:40:45 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/432062#M7322userA8EqeSePmP2018-12-06T21:40:45ZRe: 42mm Galaxy Watch battery lifehttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/432514#M3524
<P>I have linked to this article from my review on the 42.&nbsp;<BR />Samsung please wake up.&nbsp;<BR />Most of us saved for a really long time to buy this watch. And I dont think we even have the option to return it in countries like India.&nbsp;<BR />You have to come up with a larger bat this is the only option I see.&nbsp;<BR />You cant choke any more features off in the name of getting better bat life. THe sad thing is mine is the blue tooth version allways paired to the Note 9. Latest s/w version 4.0.0.1 and I cant make it thru a day.&nbsp;<BR />My brothers CHeap China made LTE watch with a camera lasts more than this. And he paid a fraction of the cost.&nbsp;<BR />He seems to get a whole 24 hours with the screen allways on.&nbsp;<BR />Please release a fix and or a new bat for your loyal customers.&nbsp;<BR />Purchased from the Online Samsung Store.&nbsp;</P>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 03:31:28 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/432514#M3524userARx0s0TnGk2018-12-08T03:31:28ZRe: 46mm Galaxy Watch battery drain.https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/432586#M7323
<P>Samsung - What are you doing about this crippling problem ?</P>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 11:45:54 GMThttps://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-Watch/Galaxy-Watch-All-Sizes-Poor-Battery-Life/m-p/432586#M7323userhOozFAco5b2018-12-08T11:45:54Z